Fieldable environmental DNA sequencing to assess jellyfish biodiversity in nearshore waters of the Florida Keys, United States

CL Ames, AH Ohdera, SM Colston… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Recent advances in molecular sequencing technology and the increased availability of
fieldable laboratory equipment have provided researchers with the opportunity to conduct …

Phenotypic plasticity in Cassiopea ornata (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) suggests environmentally driven morphology

CJ Anthony, MK Heagy, B Bentlage - Zoomorphology, 2022 - Springer
This contribution investigates phenotypic plasticity in Cassiopea ornata Haeckel, 1880 from
Guam, Micronesia. We collected C. ornata from two distinct habitats and used DNA …

Recent massive invasions of the circumboreal sea anemone Metridium senile in North and South Patagonia

V Häussermann, C Molinet, M Díaz Gómez… - Biological …, 2022 - Springer
The circumboreal sea anemone species Metridium senile is a non-native species in Chilean
Patagonia. The species is responsible for the occupation of large tracts of benthic substrate …

Complete and rapid regeneration of fragments from the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea

M Ostendarp, J Plewka, J Flathmann… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea increasingly occurs in many (sub-) tropical coastal
habitats such as mangrove forests, seagrass meadows, and coral reefs. Its mixotrophic …

Under pressure: Cassiopea andromeda jellyfish exposed to increasing water temperature or lead, cadmium and anthropogenic gadolinium contamination

P Béziat, A Kunzmann - Marine Biology Research, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Similar to other cnidarians such as stony corals, the upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea spp.)
lives in endosymbiosis with dinoflagellates of the family Symbiodiniaceae. These jellyfish …

Invasive upside-down jellyfish tolerate organic eutrophication and warming

A Tilstra, YC El-Khaled, S Meier… - Bulletin of Marine …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
The upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea is a successful invasive organism due to high
tolerance of different environmental conditions. So far, some single local or global factor …

Snapshot of the Distribution and Biology of Alien Jellyfish Cassiopea andromeda (Forsskål, 1775) in a Mediterranean Touristic Harbour

T Cillari, A Allegra, D Berto, M Bosch-Belmar… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Alien species are an important cause of biodiversity loss and changes to
ecosystems. Harbors are hotspots for the introduction of these species, and, usually, the …

Physiological responses of the upside-down jellyfish, Cassiopea (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Cassiopeidae) to temperature and implications for their range expansion …

CE Rowe, SJ Keable, ST Ahyong… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea spp.) are predominantly tropical, but there have been
recent reports of medusae in temperate environments. In 2017 they were recorded in …

Demystifying Cassiopea species identity in the Florida Keys: Cassiopea xamachana and Cassiopea andromeda coexist in shallow waters

K Muffett, MP Miglietta - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The phylogeny of the Upside-Down Jellyfish (Cassiopea spp.) has been revised multiple
times in its history. This is especially true in the Florida Keys, where much of the Cassiopea …

Revealing hidden diversity among upside-down jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Cassiopea): distinct evidence allows the change of status of a …

E Gamero-Mora, AG Collins, SR Boco… - Invertebrate …, 2022 - CSIRO Publishing
Morphological variability within Cassiopea is well documented and has led to inaccuracies
in the establishment of species boundaries in this taxon. Cassiopea medusae specimens …